Something Happened to Our Planet: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Something Happened to Our Planet: Kids Tackle the Climate Crisis by Marianne Celano and Marietta Collins. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use it on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 7. harmful materials that dirty the environment
  • 8. the ability to do work
  • 10. the person who is in charge of others
  • 11. the top layer of the earth in which plants grow
  • 12. the world around you and everything in it that's not made by people
  • 13. a chain of coral at or near the surface of water

Down

  • 1. a round object in space that moves around the Sun or another star
  • 2. a place where a group of people come to settle which is under the control of their home
  • 3. a person living on earth
  • 4. weather found in a place over a long period of time
  • 5. a small animal that lives in the ocean
  • 6. the air we need to breathe
  • 9. to use again
  • 14. a material used to create heat or power by burning

Word Bank

planet
colony
soil
leader
human
pollution
nature
oxygen
coral
reef
fuel
reuse
energy
climate